Education Department Bulletin 



Published fortnightly by the University of the State of New York 



Entered as second-class matter June 24, 1908, at the Post Office at Albany, N. Y., under 

 the act of July 16, 1894 



No. 473 



ALBANY, N. Y. 



June 15, 1910 



New York State Museum 



John M. Clarke, Director 



Museum Bulletin 140 



SIXTH REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR OF 

 THE SCIENCE DIVISION 



INCLUDING THE 



63D REPORT OF THE STATE MUSEUM, THE 29TH REPORT OF 



THE STATE GEOLOGIST, AND THE REPORT OF 



THE STATE PALEONTOLOGIST FOR 1909 



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Introduction 5 



I Condition of the scientific col- 



lections 6 



II Report on the geological sur- 



vey 8 



Geological survey 8 



Seismological station 35 



Mineralogy 39 



Paleontology 40 



III Report of the State Botanist 47 



IV Report of the State Ento- 



mologist 48 



V Report on the zoology section 54 



VI Report on the archeology 



section 59 



VII Publications 69 



VIII Staff 75 



IX Accessions 76 



Age and Relations of the Little 



Falls Dolomite (Calciferous) 

 of the Mohawk Valley. E. O. 



Ulrich & H. P. Gushing 97 



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Symmetric Arrangement in the 

 Elements of the Paleozoic 

 Platform of North America. 

 Rudolf Ruedemann 141 



Origin of Color in the Vernon 

 Shale. W. J. Miller 150 



Downward Overthrust Fault at 

 Saugerties, N. Y. G. H. 

 Chad WICK 157 



Joint Caves of Valcour Island — 

 Their Age and Their Origin. 

 G. H. Hudson 161 



Contributions to Mineralogy, 

 H. P. Whitlock 197 



The Iroquois and the Struggle 

 for America. Elihu Root 204 



Nun-da-wa'-o, the Oldest Seneca 

 Village. D. D. Luther.. .. 213 



Index 223 



